The Quest for America's character / Don E. Eberly -- Building the habitat of character / Don E. Eberly -- The Cultural roots of virtue and character / Michael Novak -- Incivility and crime: the role of moral habituation / James Q. Wilson -- Character and family / Wade F. Horn -- Character, citizenship, and constitutional origins / Charles R. Kesler -- The Roots of character in civil society / Charles L. Glenn -- The Religious roots of character / Keith J. Pavlischek -- A Comprehensive approach to character education / Thomas Lickona -- Ethical relativism: teaching the virtues / Christina Hoff Sommers -- The Parent-school connection / Eric R. Ebeling -- Character education among the states / Charles E. Greenawalt -- Making it happen: a conversation about character / William J. Moloney -- Strengthening character through community-based organizations / B. David Brooks -- Character and excellence: the total quality life / John E. Murray -- Character and public policy: reinventing the American people / Robert Royal -- Character in the marketplace / Earl Hess -- Character and American compassion, past and present / Marvin Olasky -- Character and public discourse / Richard C. Harwood -- Sport, character, and virtue / Randolph Feezell -- Influencing the character of entertainment television: ethical dilemmas of prosocial programming